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Director General for Central Africa, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Bernard Vanlauwe speaks during the launch of African Cassava Agronomy Initiative at IITA, in Ibadan in southwest Nigeria, on January 27, 2016. The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative designed to help African farmers to increase cassava production on the continent in order to compete globally was launched at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Nigeria's commercial city of Ibadan, headquarters of the institute. The project which brought together partners and initiatives already involved in the cassava value chain was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. / AFP / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images)